SUNY Buffalo State creates long-term, meaningful partnerships with community agencies through service-learning, volunteering, and other experiential opportunities for students.
These partnerships, designed to benefit both the students and the community, are the result of an increasing understanding nationwide that higher education institutions have a responsibility to the communities in which they are located. Service-learning is an important and growing movement in civic engagement and education at SUNY Buffalo State
Register Today: Spring Semester Community Partner Meetings
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Community Partner Meetings will provide you with an opportunity to meet with the office staff and SUNY Buffalo State faculty to discuss service-learning and other partnerships for the upcoming semester. You will be able to discuss future service-learning project ideas and network with other non-profit organizations.
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Community Partner Meetings for the Spring 2025 Semester will be held on January 8th in the Burchfield Penney Art Center and January 9th at 10:00 a.m. virtually. Everyone is welcome to join us for a tour of the Burchfield Penney Art Center. The agenda for January 8th is:
12:00 Burchfield Tour #1 (optional)
12:30 Registration & Networking & Snacks
1-2:30 Meeting
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:15 Burchfield Tour #2 (optional)
New Community Partner Orientation
The Dr. Katherine S. Conway-Turner Office of Civic and Community Engagement will be holding a virtual orientation for new community partners who are interested in working with Buffalo State students, faculty, & staff through volunteerism and service-learning courses. Orientations will be held biannually in advance of our Community Partner Meetings. The next New Community Partner Orientation will take place virtually on Monday, January 6, 2025, from 11am - 12pm.
Watch a recorded version of the orientation here or at the bottom of this page.
Partnership Inquiry Form
If you are interested in more opportunities to partner with Buffalo State University, please fill out our General Partnership Inquiry form.
Support and Resources for Community Partners
Tabling Information
Community partners who are interested in engaging directly with Buffalo State students are invited to table between 11:00 am and 1:30 pm in the Student Union. Please contact Mark Brumby at cce@buffalostate.edu, and he will make sure you get signed up for a table.
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New Community Partner Orientation Video
Our Community Partners
African-American Cultural Center
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Artspace Buffalo Community Garden
Belize Karst Habitat Conservation
BPS School 31-Harriet Ross Tubman
BPS School 37-Marva J. Daniel Futures Preparatory School
BPS School 59-Dr. Drew Science Magnet
BPS School 94-West Hertel Academy
BPS School 197-Math Science Technology Preparatory School
BPS School 198-International Prep
BPS School 207-Lafayette International
BPS School 304-Hutchinson Central Technical High School
BSU Career and Professional Education
BSU National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
BSU Small Business Development Center
BSU Student Accessibility Services
BSU Weigel Health Center - Prevention & Health Promotions
BSU Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
Buffalo Board of Block Clubs of Erie County
Buffalo Broadcasters Association
Buffalo Fire Department Engine Company 2
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network
Carl & Marilyn Thoma Art Foundation
Clarence Schools Family Support Center
Community Action Organization of WNY
Community Collaborative Mission
Compass House Resource Ctr. & Shelter
Delavan Grider Community Center
EPIC-Every Person Influences Children
Erie Co. Office of Geographic Information Services
Explore and More Children's Museum
Green Iguana Conservation Project
International Institute of Buffalo
Jericho Road Community Health Center
League of Women Voters of Buffalo Niagara
National Federation for Justice Communities of WNY, Inc.
Native American Community Services
Network of Religious Communities
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance
Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service
ONE8FIFTY: Partners in Transplant
Pelion Community Garden at City Honors
Positive Youth of Tomorrow, Inc.
Seneca Iroquois National Museum
South Buffalo Community Association
Starlight Studio and Art Gallery
Tapestry Charter Elementary School
Westminster Economic Development Initiative, Inc.